Korean Flash Crash Shows Perils of Out-of-Hours Trading
A single sale of 11 shares caused a maximum 30% selldown in Korean heavyweight SK Hynix. Here’s why volatility is so severe during the Asian trading day.
A single sale of 11 shares caused a maximum 30% selldown in Korean heavyweight SK Hynix. Here’s why volatility is so severe during the Asian trading day.
Single-stock leveraged ETFs top 2026’s performance charts, with gains above 500%. But their own prospectuses warn investors away, and a collapse in South Korea shows what happens to retail buyers when the trade turns.
Japan, Korea and Taiwan are setting new records, while a potential trade to exploit the high degree of leverage creeps into the system.